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Coptic Orthodox Church resumes dialogue following Pope Leo's assurances on 'non-blessing of same-sex couples' (CWN)

Posted on 05/25/2026 00:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Citing papal assurances regarding the “non-blessing of same-sex couples,” the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that it was resuming dialogue with the Catholic Church.

May. 25 Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church; Memorial Day (USA), Memorial

Posted on 05/25/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

In 2018 Pope Francis decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar. The liturgical celebration, B. Mariæ Virginis, Ecclesiæ Matris, will be celebrated annually as a Memorial on the day after Pentecost.

Albania's president meets with Pontiff (CWN)

Posted on 05/24/2026 23:05 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV received President Bajram Begaj of Albania in a private audience today.

In Peru, Mass of reparation offered for suppressed lay movement's victims (Vatican News)

Posted on 05/24/2026 21:05 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

A Mass of reparation was offered in Catacaos, Peru, on May 23 for victims of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (Sodality of Christian Life), a lay movement suppressed by Pope Francis last year.

Vatican News reported that the Mass was offered for members of the “Tallán indigenous communities who, for over a decade, suffered persecution, land expropriation, and harassment” from the movement.

During the Mass, Peruvian prelates knelt before the victims to ask their forgiveness.

St. Augustine: Pentecost Reverses Chaos of Babel, Unites Church Under the Holy Spirit

Posted on 05/24/2026 15:40 PM (The Daily Register)

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Leo XIV at Pentecost: The Spirit Overcomes War With the Omnipotence of Love

Posted on 05/24/2026 15:37 PM (The Daily Register)

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Peace, Unity, and AI: What Pope Leo’s Messages Reveal About His Thought

Posted on 05/24/2026 11:00 AM (The Daily Register)

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The Heart of Pilgrimage: A Prayerful Journey

Posted on 05/24/2026 11:00 AM (The Daily Register)

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Was Tom Bombadil God in Disguise?

Posted on 05/24/2026 09:20 AM (The Daily Register)

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May. 24 Pentecost Sunday, Sunday

Posted on 05/24/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

And when the days of Pentecost were drawing to a close, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a violent wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as of fire, which settled upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues, even as the Holy Spirit prompted them to speak (Acts 2, 1-4).